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BENNETT v. ESTATE OF BENNETT

No. 81-216.

628 S.W.2d 565 (1982)

Elaine Curtis BENNETT, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Keith R. BENNETT, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson & Bearden by Michael R. Bearden, Osceola, and David E. Caywood, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

Mitchell D. Moore, P. A. by Mitchell D. Moore, Osceola, and Branch & Thompson, P.A. by Robert B. Branch, Sr., Paragould, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

On February 23, 1981, we declared the then existing dower statutes unconstitutional because of gender-based discrimination. Stokes v. Stokes, 271 Ark. 300, 613 S.W.2d 372 (1981); Hess v. Wims, 272 Ark. 43, 613 S.W.2d 85 (1981). The new dower statutes, Ark.Stat.Ann. Title 61, Chapter 2 (Supp.1981) did not become effective until March 25, 1981. This is another, in...

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